Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer - P5
About The Position
Boston Scientific is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership for the development of complex medical device systems within its Interventional Cardiology division. The role focuses on driving the integration test strategy for a complex electromechanical system, using an understanding of clinical workflows to identify common, alternate, and error-use paths. The engineer will bring structure and visibility to console testing, identify gaps, and drive integration, robustness, and reliability testing to build confidence in the system. The position is a key technical contributor and leader, working closely with Systems Engineering, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, and other development partners to deliver safe, effective, and reliable medical technologies. It supports next-generation products and strategic initiatives, spanning capital equipment, computing platforms, single-use therapeutic devices, and supporting technologies. This is an on-site role based at the Maple Grove (Arbor Lakes), Minnesota location. Boston Scientific will not provide employment visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer, and relocation assistance is unavailable.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience with a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related discipline, or at least 8 years of experience with a master's degree in one of these fields.
- Experience defining and/or testing complex multidisciplinary systems integrating hardware, software, electrical, and mechanical components.
- Experience defining test strategies and integration test plans for complex electromechanical systems.
- Experience leading complex system analysis from concept through commercialization.
- Proficiency with requirements management and traceability tools such as Jama, Code Beamer, Jira, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in requirements engineering, including requirements development, decomposition, allocation, and traceability.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in a formal systems engineering role.
- Reliability engineering experience, including life, stress, HALT, or MTBF-type testing; experience with fault injection or failure-mode testing.
- Experience developing and verifying medical devices in an FDA-regulated or ISO 13485-compliant environment.
- Experience supporting verification of safety-critical or high-reliability systems.
- Knowledge of medical device design controls, risk management, and applicable international standards.
- Experience with automated testing, scripting, and test framework development using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or similar tools.
- Experience with requirements and test management tools such as DOORS, Jama, Polarion, or equivalent platforms.
- Experience supporting new product development from early prototypes through design verification, regulatory submission, and commercialization.
- Experience with risk management, including identifying effective risk controls.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical teams and high-visibility, strategic product development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead system-level integration activities across hardware, software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical subsystems.
- Understand clinical workflows and use them to inform system integration planning.
- Develop and execute integration strategies and plans, progressing from incremental subsystem integration to full system-level testing.
- Define and drive characterization, robustness, long-duration, stress, and fault-injection tests to build confidence in system reliability.
- Provide technical leadership to cross-functional engineering teams as they identify, investigate, and resolve complex system integration issues.
- Drive system-level troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of hardware/software interface issues, unexpected system behaviors, and performance limitations.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering and subsystem teams to ensure interface definitions, architectural decisions, and design implementations support successful integration.
- Identify integration risks early and develop mitigation strategies to minimize technical and schedule impacts.
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert and mentor to engineers supporting integration and test activities.
- Author or co-author test protocols and reports as needed, and partner with the lead systems engineer and verification test engineers to plan design verification deliverables.
- Manage technical execution and communicate technical progress, risks, and recommendations to key stakeholders.
- Develop and apply analytical methods, including modeling, simulation, mathematical analysis, and system characterization, to solve complex engineering problems and drive corrective actions.
- Provide technical guidance to engineers and advance Systems Engineering methodologies and best practices across the organization.
Benefits
- Core and optional employee benefits are referenced; specific benefits are not listed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
